2016-17 Duquesne Men's Basketball
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2016-17 DUQUESNE MEN’S BASKETBALL G15 | VCU (11-3, 1-0) at DUQUESNE (8-6, 1-0) 2016-17 DUQUESNE DUKES Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017 • 7:00 ET • Pittsburgh, Pa. • A.J. Palumbo Center (4,390) NOVEMBER (3-5) 11 Fri. LOYOLA, MD - FB Live W 65-60 DUQUESNE VCU 13 Sun. at Penn State - BTN L 74-82 16 Wed. SAINT FRANCIS U W 89-75 DUKES RAMS 18 Fri. CANISIUS+ L 77-78 Record: 8-6 Record: 11-3 20 Sun. at #2 (AP) Kentucky+ - ESPNU L 59-93 Atlantic 10: 1-0 Atlantic 10: 1-0 23 Wed. UT MARTIN+ L 63-66 Non-Conference: 7-6 Non-Conference: 10-3 27 Sun. CLEVELAND STATE+ W 78-71 H: 6-3; A: 1-3; N: 1-0 H: 6-1; A: 3-0; N: 2-2 30 Wed. UMBC L 72-81 Head Coach: Jim Ferry Head Coach: Will Wade DECEMBER (5-1) Overall: 312-249 (19th season) Overall: 76-39 (4th season) 2 Fri. vs. Pitt (PPG) - ACCN Extra W 64-55 At Duquesne: 58-81 (5th season) At VCU: 36-14 (2nd season) 6 Tues. at Robert Morris (PPG) L 60-64 10 Sat. CENTRAL CONNECTICUT W 70-67 LEADERS LEADERS Points Mike Lewis II (12.1) Points JeQuan Lewis (16.1) 19 Mon. JACKSON STATE W 74-62 Rebounds Nakye Sanders (6.2) Rebounds Justin Tillman (6.9) 22 Thur. COLGATE W 70-57 Assists Tarin Smith (47/3.4) Assists JeQuan Lewis (57/4.1) 30 Fri. at Fordham* W 75-72 Steals Tarin Smith (17/1.2) Steals JeQuan Lewis (33/2.4) JANUARY (0-0) Blocks Nakye Sanders (17/1.2) Blocks Mo Alie-Cox (33/2.4) 4 Wed. VCU* ASN 7:00 3-Pointers Mike Lewis II (22) 3-Pointers JeQuan Lewis (41) 7 Sat. at La Salle* ASN 8:00 11 Wed. SAINT LOUIS* FB Live 7:00 TEAM TEAM 14 Sat. DAYTON* (PPG) CBSSN 12:00 Points / Margin 70.7 / +0.5 Points / Margin 73.6 / +8.6 18 Wed. at George Washington* 7:00 Rebounds / Margin 39.4 / +1.5 Rebounds / Margin 34.3 / +1.1 Turnovers / Margin 14.6 / -1.6 Turnovers / Margin 14.2 / +2.1 21 Sat. RHODE ISLAND* NBCSN 2:30 24 Tues. at Davidson* TWC Sports/ FB Live 7:00 28 Sat. at Richmond* 6:00 FEBRUARY (0-0) QUICK NOTES 1 Wed. ST. BONAVENTURE* ASN 8:00 • Duquesne (8-6, 1-0), coming off an Atlantic 10-opening 75-72 win at Fordham, returns home 4 Sat. at Dayton* NBCSN 12:30 to host VCU (11-3, 1-0) on Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 7:00 p.m. The game will be televised by 11 Sat. at Saint Louis* Fox MW+ 8:00 15 Wed. MASSACHUSETTS* FB Live 7:00 ASN with Dave Armstrong and Tim Scarborough on the call. DU will be looking for its fifth 19 Sun. GEORGE WASHINGTON* NBCSN 12:00 consecutive victory against a VCU team that brings a five-game win streak to Pittsburgh. This 22 Wed. FORDHAM* 7:00 will be the Rams’ first visit to the A.J. Palumbo Center (DU’s two previous home games versus 25 Sat. at St. Bonaventure* ASN 4:00 VCU were played at PPG Paints Arena). MARCH (0-0) 1 Wed. at George Mason* 7:00 • DU completed a 5-1 December with its win at Fordham on Friday. The Dukes - who have 4 Sat. SAINT JOSEPH’S* FB Live 2:00 won four straight - are looking to match their longest win streak under fifth-year head coach ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP • PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pa. Jim Ferry (set in 2013-14). 8-12 TBA + - Bluegrass Showcase • Duquesne, which lost over 70 percent of its scoring from last season, has incorporated a PPG - game at PPG Paints Arena number of newcomers into the 2016-17 rotation. DU’s top four scorers are first-year players: * - Atlantic 10 Conference game FB Live - indicates Facebook Live webcast freshman Mike Lewis II (12.1 ppg.), Nebraska transfer sophomore Tarin Smith (10.9 ppg.), graduate transfer Emile Blackman (10.7 ppg.) and freshman Isiaha Mike (10.1 ppg.). Lewis II IN-GAME MEDIA has scored in double digits in DU’s past eight games, while Mike has a four-game double-digit TELEVISION ASN streak. Lewis II (three times) and Mike (twice) have combined to earn Atlantic 10 Rookie of Dave Armstrong (pxp), Tim Scarborough (analyst) http://americansportsnet.com/schedule/ the Week five times in the first eight weeks he award has been presented. RADIO WJAS-AM 1320 / iHeartRadio Ray Goss (‘58) (pxp), Jarrett Durham (‘71) (analyst) • None of DU’s top eight scorers averaged more than 9.2 minutes per game last year. IN GAME STATS Gametracker / StatBroadcast https://goo.gl/5XHvXU / https://goo.gl/ybicus NEXT UP: Duquesne heads to Philadelphia to face La Salle on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 8:00 p.m. (ASN). 2016-17 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY DUKES TENTATIVE STARTERS # P Name Ht Cl Pts Reb G/GS Hometown Quick Facts 45 F Isiaha Mike 6-8 Fr. 10.1 5.7 14/14 Scarborough, Ontario Second on team with 17 3-ptrs; two time A-10 Rookie of the Week 20 F Nakye Sanders 6-8 So. 5.6 6.2 14/5 Staten Island, N.Y. Shooting .653 (32-49); Dukes are 5-0 with him as a starter 5 G Emile Blackman 6-3 Gr. 10.7 3.4 14/14 Dix Hills, N.Y. Has 1,063 career points (scored 913 in two years at Niagara) 1 G Mike Lewis II 6-1 Fr. 12.1 2.0 14/13 St. Louis, Mo. Three-time A-10 Rookie of Week; Leads team with 22 3-pointers 3 G Tarin Smith 6-2 So. 10.9 3.6 14/14 Ocean Township, N.J. Leads team with 47 assists and 17 steals Off the Bench 00 C Darius Lewis 6-11 Sr. 4.3 5.6 14/9 Lexington, Ky. Fifth on Duquesne’s career list with 88 blocks in 89 games 2 F Eric James 6-6 Jr. 2.6 2.1 14/0 Westerville, Ohio Has played in 72 career g.; team-high three career double-doubles 4 G Rene Castro 6-2 Jr. 7.5 1.8 14/1 Boston, Mass. Has five double-digit scoring games off the bench (26 vs. SFU on 11/16) 14 F Kale Abrahamson 6-8 Gr. 4.6 3.0 5/0 West Des Moines, Iowa Missed first 9g. (broken bone in hand); 20 pts & 11 reb in past two games 25 G Spencer Littleson 6-4 Fr. 2.4 1.8 13/0 Rochester Hills, Mich. Has 14 assists with just three turnovers; has eight 3-pointers 30 G Josh Steel 6-4 So. 9.5 2.0 2/0 Harlow, England Career-high 13 points (3-6 3pt) vs. Cleveland State 55 C Jordan Robinson 6-8 Jr. 2.4 2.3 9/0 Toronto, Ontario Nine rebounds in 15 minutes in his past two games (DNP at Fordham) 35 F Kellon Taylor 6-5 Fr. 0.0 0.0 1/0 Landover, Md. Two-sport athlete joined the team Nov. 22, following FB season (WR) 21 G David Haus 6-2 Jr. 0.0 0.0 3/0 Pittsburgh, Pa. Third-year walk on has appeared in 23 career games 32 F Zach Snyder 6-5 So. --- --- --/-- Cranberry Twp. Pa. Second-year walk on 53 G Caleb Davis 6-0 Fr. --- --- --/-- New Kensington, Pa. First year walk-on, served as a student manager last season NOTING THE DUKES QUICK FACTS • Duquesne is in its fifth season under head coach Jim Ferry, who came to the Bluff after leading LIU Brooklyn to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances (2011 & 2012). GENERAL Name of School Duquesne University • Ferry led the Dukes to 17 wins and a CBI appearance last year. The 2015-16 Dukes (17-17) posted the most Street Address 600 Forbes Avenue wins in the Ferry Era (previous 13-17 in 2014) and finished with the school’s eighth non-losing season in the City/Zip Pittsburgh, Pa. 15282 past 35 years. It was just the seventh time in the past 44 seasons that a Duquesne team posted 17 wins. Founded 1878 by the Holy Ghost Fathers Enrollment 9,984 • DU returned two starters (Darius Lewis & Eric Nickname Dukes James) from that team. James (419) and Lewis (330) TRENDING School Colors Red and Blue entered the season as the only returnees with over Red (PMS 200) & Blue (PMS 282) 165 career points. Returnees accounted for just 38 of • Mike Lewis II (12.1 ppg.) is DU’s first three- Arena/Capacity A.J. Palumbo Center/4,390 DU’s school record 322 3-pointers made last season. time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (Nov. 14, & PPG Paints Arena/flex seating to 19,000 Nov. 28 & Dec. 5) since Derrick Colter in 2013. Affiliation NCAA Division I • The Dukes are relying on seven newcomers to help Lewis II has scored in double digits in DU’s Conference Atlantic 10/40th season replace 71.5 percent of the scoring, 64.9 percent of past eight games, and is averaging 15.4 ppg. President Ken Gormley (Pittsburgh ‘77) the minutes and 77.4 percent of the team’s assists over that span. Lewis II, who went 5-of-21 from Athletics Director Dave Harper (Wright St. ‘92) gone from last year’s team. 3-point in his first six games, is 17-of-46 (.370) Athletic Dept.